| CHAPTER I. | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. | 9 |
| CHAPTER III. | 19 |
| CHAPTER IV. | 30 |
| CHAPTER V. | 39 |
| CHAPTER VI. | 54 |
| CHAPTER VII. | 72 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | 83 |
| CHAPTER IX. | 107 |
| CHAPTER X. | 119 |
| CHAPTER XI. | 128 |
| CHAPTER XII. | 146 |
| CHAPTER XIII. | 155 |
| CHAPTER XIV. | 161 |
| CHAPTER XV. | 183 |
| CHAPTER XVI. | 193 |
| CHAPTER XVII. | 199 |
| CHAPTER XVIII. | 204 |
| CHAPTER XIX. | 209 |
| CHAPTER XX. | 212 |
| CHAPTER XXI. | 220 |
| CHAPTER XXII. | 226 |
| CHAPTER XXIII. | 233 |
| CHAPTER XXIV. | 239 |
| CHAPTER XXV. | 247 |
| CHAPTER XXVI. | 257 |
| CHAPTER XXVII. | 267 |
| CHAPTER XXVIII. | 277 |
| CHAPTER XXIX. | 286 |
| CHAPTER XXX. | 296 |
| CHAPTER XXXI. | 321 |
| CHAPTER XXXII. | 329 |
| CHAPTER XXXIII. | 343 |
| CHAPTER XXXIV. | 355 |
| CHAPTER XXXV. | 370 |
| CHAPTER XXXVI. | 376 |
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| The Landing at Jouan | 9 | |
| I. | The Glorious News | 14 |
| II. | The Old Régime | 49 |
| III. | The Return of the Emperor | 85 |
| IV. | The Empress' Millions | 138 |
| V. | The Rivals | 196 |
| VI. | The Crime | 221 |
| VII. | The Ascent of the Capitol | 236 |
| VIII. | The Sound of Revelry by Night | 261 |
| IX. | The Tarpeian Rock | 285 |
| X. | The Last Throw | 305 |
| XI. | The Losing Hands | 338 |
| XII. | The Winning Hand | 370 |
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | "God Bless Them All! They Are Good Lads." | 9 |
| II. | "Money Won't Buy Everything." | 16 |
| III. | "You Will Wait for Me." | 32 |
| IV. | "Now That He Is Dead." | 43 |
| V. | "Love Will Follow." | 56 |
| VI. | "I Don't Wish to Marry; Not Yet." | 64 |
| VII. | "They Are Jews and We Are Hungarians." | 73 |
| VIII. | "I Put the Bunda Away Somewhere." | 84 |
| IX. | "Then, as Now, May God Protect You." | 93 |
| X. | "The Best Way of All." | 101 |
| XI. | "After That, Happiness Will Begin." | 106 |
| XII. | "It Is Too Late." | 115 |
| XIII. | "He Must Make You Happy." | 125 |
| XIV. | "It Is True." | 133 |
| XV. | "That Is Fair, I Think." | 137 |
| XVI. | "The Waters of the Maros Flow Sluggishly." | 143 |
| XVII. | "I Am Here to See That You Be Kind to Her." | 149 |
| XVIII. | "I Must Punish Her." | 162 |
| XIX. | "Now Go and Fetch the Key." | 174 |
| XX. | "You Happen to Be of My Race and of My Blood." | 186 |
| XXI. | "Jealous, Like a Madman." | 199 |
| XXII. | "I Go Where I Shall Be More Welcome." | 211 |
| XXIII. | "On the Eve of One's Wedding Day Too." | 226 |
| XXIV. | "If You Loved Me." | 232 |
| XXV. | "In Any Case Elsa Is Not for You." | 237 |
| XXVI. | "What Had Andor Done?" | 251 |
| XXVII. | "The Shadow That Fell from the Tall Sunflowers." | 257 |
| XXVIII. | "We Shall Hear of Another Tragedy By and By." | 265 |
| XXIX. | "Some Day." | 272 |
| XXX. | "Kyrie Eleison." | 282 |
| XXXI. | "What About Me?" | 291 |
| XXXII. | "The Land Beyond the Sunset." | 304 |
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | —Which Tells of a Very Commonplace Incident | 3 |
| II. | —Once More the Obvious | 14 |
| III. | —And Now Almost Like a Dream | 17 |
| IV. | —Nothing Really Tangible | 32 |
| V. | —Just an Obvious Duty | 39 |
| VI. | —Just a Disagreeable Old Man | 46 |
| VII. | —The Part Played by a Five-Pound Note | 50 |
| VIII. | —And Thus the Shadow Descended | 59 |
| IX. | —Which Tells of the Inevitable Result | 65 |
| X. | —Life Must Go on Just the Same | 72 |
| XI. | —And There Are Social Duties to Perform | 84 |
| XII. | —Shall a Man Escape His Fate? | 92 |
| XIII. | —They Have No Heart | 95 |
| XIV. | —The Tale Had to Be Told | 105 |
| XV. | —And Many Must Be Questioned | 112 |
| XVI. | —And the Puppets Danced | 120 |
| XVII. | —And What of the Secret? | 125 |
| XVIII. | —It Would Not Do, You Know | 132 |
| XIX. | —Not All About It | 138 |
| XX. | —And That's the Truth | 149 |
| XXI. | —Have Another Cigar | 156 |
| XXII. | —Then the Miracle Was Wrought | 167 |
| XXIII. | —Why All This Mystery? | 179 |
| XXIV. | —A Herd of Cackling Geese | 183 |
| XXV. | —The Fog Was Dense, I Couldn't Rightly See | 191 |
| XXVI. | —The Next Witness, Please | 199 |
| XXVII. | —And People Went Out to Luncheon | 205 |
| XXVIII. | —Which Tells of an Unexpected Turn of Events | 216 |
| XXIX. | —The World Is So Large | 223 |
| XXX. | —And Then Every One Went Home | 233 |
| XXXI. | —And There Are People Who Do Not Care | 237 |
| XXXII. | —A Man Must Act As He Thinks Best | 244 |
| XXXIII. | —If You Would Only Let Yourself Go | 249 |
| XXXIV. | —Which Speaks Only of Farewells | 261 |
| XXXV. | —Which Tells of Pictures in the Fire | 268 |
| XXXVI. | —People Don't Do That Sort of Thing | 274 |
| XXXVII. | —It Is One Human Life Against the Other | 287 |
| XXXVIII. | —The Hand of Death Was on Him Too | 292 |
| XXXIX. | —A Mere Woman Fighting for the Thing She Loved | 300 |
| XL. | —And Thus Her Hour Had Come | 310 |
| XLI. | —Which Tells of the Contents of the Note Book | 313 |
| XLII. | —Which Tells Once More of Commonplace Incidents | 319 |
| PART I | ||
| THE GIRL | ||
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | —A Farewell Banquet | 3 |
| II. | —The Rulers of France | 10 |
| III. | —Pompadour's Choice | 23 |
| IV. | —A Woman's Surrender | 32 |
| V. | —The First Trick | 45 |
| VI. | —A False Position | 51 |
| VII. | —The Young Pretender | 58 |
| VIII. | —The Last Trick | 72 |
| IX. | —The Winning Hand | 82 |
| PART II | ||
| THE STATESMAN | ||
| X. | —The Beggar on Horseback | 95 |
| XI. | —La Belle Irène | 103 |
| XII. | —The Promises of France | 112 |
| XIII. | —The Weight of Etiquette | 127 |
| XIV. | —Royal Favours | 136 |
| XV. | —Diplomacy | 148 |
| XVI. | —Strangers | 160 |
| PART III | ||
| THE WOMAN | ||
| XVII. | —Splendid Isolation | 179 |
| XVIII. | —Clever Tactics | 185 |
| XIX. | —A Crisis | 201 |
| XX. | —A Farewell | 212 |
| XXI. | —Royal Thanks | 215 |
| XXII. | —Paternal Anxiety | 221 |
| XXIII. | —The Queen's Soirée | 228 |
| XXIV. | —Gossip | 233 |
| XXV. | —The First Doubt | 238 |
| XXVI. | —The Awful Certitude | 245 |
| XXVII. | —A Fall | 267 |
| XXVIII. | —Husband and Wife | 276 |
| XXIX. | —The Fate of the Stuart Prince | 294 |
| XXX. | —M. de Stainville's Seconds | 308 |
| XXXI. | —The Final Disappointment | 321 |
| XXXII. | —The Dawn | 328 |
| XXXIII. | —The Ride | 333 |
| XXXIV. | —"Le Monarque" | 338 |
| XXXV. | —The Stranger | 349 |
| XXXVI. | —Revenge | 359 |
| XXXVII. | —The Letter | 370 |
| XXXVIII. | —The Home in England | 375 |